My Garage Door Will Not Close Unless I Hold The Button

If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.

My garage door will not close unless i hold the button.

This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down. Check garage door for binding. Depending on the brand. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand.

If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. It is a craftsman. This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done.

They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. Does anyone know how to fix this. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously. Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all.

If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first. My garage door will open by just pressing the button once but to close it i have to hold in the button until it fully closes. First check the sensor lights. Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly.